Trips → Hengistbury Head & Portsmouth

Hello, everybody around the world,

during the first week of April I was in Bournemouth in the south of UK with my school for a project week that should improve our skills in speaking English. Therefore, I want to write something about two special trips to certain places because those were also my highlights from the whole week. You can also take look at the posts of my colleagues if you want to find out more about our journey to UK.
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The first destination I am going to write about, is Hengistbury Head. It's a small pen-insula and nature reserve east of Bournemouth. So, we discovered this calm area consisting of thorn bushes and small ponds on a sunny afternoon with a guide from our language school, who showed us also the beautiful beach of Hengistbury Head. After we had smelled some fresh air of the ocean on a path made of stone reaching from the mainland a little bit into the waves (→ Place where Photo 2 was taken), we walked along the beach to a little Caf 'e (that's how it was written), where we refreshed us with some ice-cream and coffee. After this exhilarant tour through the quiet nature of Hengistbury Head, we returned to our host families in order to enjoy a relaxing evening.

Hengistbury Head and near the horizon Bournemouth

The sea and rock cliff of Hengistbury Head

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Later, on Wednesday after school, we went to Portsmouth by bus in order to explore - as you probably expect - the big harbour. Unfortunately, the weather was absolutely not as great as on Monday. Although the grey colour of the sky fitted Portsmouth very well, the city would have made a better impression if it had been sunny. Moreover, we only visited the shopping mall and a church which wasn't that exciting but the incredibly big harbour made me forget the bad weather and the rather boring places we visit. It would have been great if i had ascended the high Spinnaker Tower, which cost 9 Pounds and I thought  it was too expensiv but now i regret it.

The big bay of Portsmouth with numerous boats and ships

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Anyway, those were really exciting trips but for me the better destination was obviously Hengistbury Head because, as I said, we didn't visit anything really interesting and impressive in Portsmouth. Nevertheless, both were a good experience and I enjoyed them.

- Vincent   (aka. Vinerich der Cente v. Kurz)